“GO to this hotel if a tourist in Beijing.”

Great location near Forbidden City, subway, T. Square, heart of city. Helpful staff. Speak English .Nice place, although might prefer different flooring in room other than carpet. Bathtub could be better. But staff attententive immediately. Lobby, downstairs nice, but could use a sitting area.Good value. Breakfast huge, but costs $10; still good for at least one time during stay.Overall, GO to this hotel if a tourist in Beijing. You will be satisfied.

“Good location”

I upgraded the room to a suite which was great.

“Will Return”

English speaking front desk staff, provided card for taxi driving options in Chinese, walking distance to bus, subway and main attractions like museums and the forbidden city. Many room options.

“Comfort near Forbidden City”

Clean, comfortable room with AC. Great walking neighborhood near Forbidden City and Wafujing market. Walking distance to Tianamen Square and subway but not as close as it looks on map. Fantastic breakfast and good value for long day of sightseeing. Breakfast includes western and Chinese dishes. I would definitely stay here again.

“Lovely Experience”

Spent 3 nights there in the Superior Executive Room and it was amazing. The room was very spacious and very clean. The computer in the room was very handy for checking emails and searching information on places to do around Beijing. As i was between two trekking trips i got some laundry done at the hotel and there laundry service was very professional. Breakfast buffet had a very good and the restaurant provided a very good meal. Its very close to the Forbidden City and train stations.

“Great Location, Wonderful staff, Clean and quiet room.”

I stayed in Jade garden for 5 nights in October 2011. Hotel is centrally located. The staff and specially bell boys are very friendly. They speak sufficient English and are very helpful in arranging cabs for you to go to different destinations. I strongly recommend this hotel and will definitely return to it myself. One warning about hotels and almost all other buildings in Beijing (and other towns in China): They often have steps to enter the buildings without any rail on the sides. So, if you have physical problem climbing the steps make sure to carry a cane. That is what I did. The bell boys at Jade Garden Hotel were very sweet and would always run to help me.

“Great location for Beijing tourist”

We enjoyed the Jade for our 3 night stay. The location was very good for a tourist and the rate was nice also. The staff speaks enough English to get you info you need but not much past that. (maybe 50% staff speaks some English) The wifi is pretty slow but internet speeds in China are not fast anywhere. We loved the breakfast each morning, good selection of western and Asian options! My only gripe was the climate control in the room, no matter what temp you selected it always shows 26-27C. We were there in Oct so AC wasn't very important but we could have used a few degrees cooler. If i go to Beijing again I would stay here again.

“Great staff, and location v close to main sights”

We would reccommend Jade Garden. Staff were friendly, and booked a good great wall trip for us. Clean, v close forbidden city. Not particularly close to the metro (15min walk), but area was ok.

“Great Hotel Next to the Forbidden City”

This hotel is an economical choice in a prime location. Plusses: Modest price but very good quality Two blocks from the East Gate of the Forbidden City. About 1 km to the main entrance, to Tiananmen Square, and to the subway (E Tiananmen station on line 1). Less than 1 km to Wanfujing Street shopping. Numerous mid-level restaurants within a block, or walk 3 blocks to Wanfujing Night Market for street vendors galore. Hotel provides a very helpful map of Beijing with English on one side, Chinese on the other. Find where you want to go in English, flip the map over and point to the Chinese name when you hop in a taxi. Friendly staff. Hotel accepts Visa & MC. The CIT Beijing office is about a km away down the street the hotel fronts, and CIT can handle all your train, plane and tour desires. Minuses: Staff English skills are limited, but someone can usually be found to answer most questions. Person who can purchase train tickets for you has no English, but desk staff helped out and we successfully purchased tickets for 3 legs of our journey. It helps to have the Chinese character names for the origin and destination cities, which some train-schedule-finder websites provide.